彳
chì

walk

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彳 is the left half of 行, which depicts a street intersection.

Components

行
行 Remnant component
xíng, háng walk

Depicts a street intersection.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰeɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“彳，小步也。象人脛三屬相連也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)